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Leviticus 13:43

in Leviticus 13

The priest is to examine him, and if the swelling of the infection on his bald head or forehead is reddish-white like a skin disease,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then the priest shall look upon him; and, behold, if the rising of the plague be reddish-white in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the flesh;

KJV

Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh;

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This verse in Leviticus 13

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

has white spots on the skin

on Leviticus 13:38-44

Three conditions are named here only to be cleared: dull white spots, a bald head and a bald forehead. The chapter says he is still clean twice in two verses. The procedure clears people as well as excluding them.

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Then the priest shall look upon it,....

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְרָאָ֨הand he will see

    veraahH7200 →1300 times

  • אֹת֜וֹ<obj.> it

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֗ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְהִנֵּ֤הand there!

    vehinehH2009 →843 times

  • שְׂאֵת־[the] swelling of

    seet-H7613 →14 times

  • הַנֶּ֙גַע֙the plague

    hanega'H5061 →78 times

  • לְבָנָ֣ה[is] white

    levanahH3836 →29 times

  • אֲדַמְדֶּ֔מֶתreddish

    ʾadamdemetH125 →6 times

  • בְּקָרַחְתּ֖וֹon bald spot his

    bekarachtoH7146 →4 times

  • א֣וֹor

    ʾoH176 →321 times

  • בְגַבַּחְתּ֑וֹon bald forehead his

    vegabachtoH1372 →4 times

  • כְּמַרְאֵ֥הlike [the] appearance of

    kemarehH4758 →103 times

  • צָרַ֖עַתa serious skin disease of

    tzaraatH6883 →35 times

  • ע֥וֹרskin of

    orH5785 →99 times

  • בָּשָֽׂר׃flesh

    basarH1320 →270 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

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About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 13 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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